Shaun Hoon

Photo: FLY IBTE Aviation Centre (one of my all time favorite FLY memories impersonating Top Gun 2) I stumbled into teaching life skills to tertiary students after leaving a career in publishing almost a decade ago. Guided mostly by intuition and plenty of trial and error, I created my own curriculum to address topics I felt were critical for the workforce yet underserved by conventional systems. My first program, School of Life, covered communication, confidence building, growth mindset and...

Abstract from the FLY 2025 Finale Speech The other morning while sending my teenage daughters to school, Siena told me a story about her classmate, Saffy - how she is a vegetarian. At first, I didn’t think much of it. I assumed that Saffy must be an Indian girl from a vegetarian household because of her culture or religion. But Siena stopped me. She said Saffy is not an Indian - she’s the white girl she’s been telling me about. Accusing me of never paying enough attention, while giving me...

Abstract from FLY 2024 Finale Speech I was once asked, what kind of leaders do we most want the FLY attendees to become, after they have graduated from our program? Is it one that they will fast track into being a CEO one day? My answer was No. Not really. As much as we wish for the unlimited, unending and unprecedented success of our FLY alumni, there is one thing more important that we wish for you than any success, is that you would turn out to be a thoughtful, responsible and useful...